MARBECKS COLLECTABLE:: Mahler - Symphony No.3 in D minor (plus Bach Suite, arr Mahler)

"I have no qualms in ranking Chailly's account of the concluding Adagio as one of the two or three finest on disc. The timing (just under 23 minutes) strikes me as just right, and the orchestra simply outdoes itself in the eloquence and poetry of its response-strings and solo oboe to die for. Careful observance of Mahler's dynamics, with burnished brass and timpani at a bell-like forte rather than a vulgar fortissimo, allows Chailly to render the closing pages as convincingly as anyone ever has." ClassicsToday 10/10